Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-03
MOLINE.
Bridge Tender Oakley collected Sill
in Nav

Bridge Tender Oakley collected S1i3
in May.
We would say for the benefit of those
in Rock Island who wish to participate in
| our fourth. that there are two lines of
street cars running to this city from our
western suburbs.
Twenty-eight persons were hauled on
the Union street car line from and to
Rock Island last evening. This party
came as company to attend the alumni
exercises at Association hall Many more
went to the Baptist meeting.
The twelve new members added this
year increases the alumni association of
our high school to i13 members. The
annual business meeting Of the alumni
will be held at the board room on Mon
day evening to elect officers for the ensu
ing year. Tomorrow evening musical
entertainment will be given in Masonic
hall by the alumni association, inter
spersed with few choice original literary
productions.
The Swedish Baptist conference is in
session today, and will continue through
tomorrow. A large number of ministers
and delegates are IN attendance from
several states, and the Rev. Salmonson
Noorkoping from Sweden. To-day is
devoted principally to business, and
this evening Mr.. Frank Peterson. of
Minneapolis, will preach On Saturday
the Rev. gentleman from Sweden will
preach. The Rev. E Lundin of the
First Baptist church, will preach on Sun
day evening.
The funeral of the late Fred E. White
occurred at 10 a. m. today, and many
friends were at the residence and ac-
companied the remains to the nj, E
church at $50, where Revs. NJ C. Bow
lin. ]. c. Ii Read and A. r. Morgan
officiated. Fred was good boy. A
mother said once in the hearing of the
writer, Il hope you will grow up young
man like Mr.. White, and | will be salts
fed. He WAS an earnest christian, and
hard worker in the church and Sunday
school He leaves young wife to mourn
his early death having married Miss Mary
Dumbel, of Hamlet. Mercer county, in
November, 1855. He was insured In the
Bloomington Mutual for "a, 500, having
joined last fall, and been assessed since
about $40 Tue floral offerings were
many and very beautiful. Peter kneberg
n. 5. Woodford, David Gamble, Jonas
Peterson. Hubert Grltfiths and Henry
Haley acted as pail bearers.
The twelfth annual commencement ex'
ercises of the high school department. oc
CURED at Association hall last evening
The house was crowded; eleven hundred
and fifty can be comfortably seated anC
there must have been three hundred NOR,
standing and many went away not being
able TO get further than the door. Tht
stage was decorated with flowers and ;
floral arch was suspended over the speak
er on which Age Quod Agis" appeared
In letters of flowers. ID. Judson Metzga
delivered an Grafton and his theme Til,
Destroyer of Nations" was ably writer
and excellently rendered. Space forbidi
the mention of all the speakers, suffice tt
say that every essay was astoBishingly
well written and ably delivered Mis-
Lena Payne on The Ancient Modes o
Keeping Time" was very interesting.
is hard to speak in that hall There i
no ceiling, and the rough boards of tn,
roof are poor conductors of sound
About five hundred people in the soutl
end of the hall heard but little of wha
was said The Light Guard band PLAYED
many fine selections of music.